Recent content by meardsall_millie

Here you go, this should give you lots of helpful advice :) http://e-venting.co.uk/2013/02/a-beginners-guide-to-byeh/

Ok, it seems I need to type more! I agree with you - to a point. It has been good to see a post which has sparked debate. There have been so few for so long, I haven't even bothered to post for ages. However, PM has presented (in my view and clearly in some other posters views) quite a...

I speak as another grumpy old git, having got that way through many, many years of bitter experience and more recently some life changing events. I could say lots about many of the views on this thread however what I will actually say is that if everyone spent a little (a lot) less time...

I enter online wherever possible so I scan it and email it to the venue together with my qualification email. You can also send the whole lot (including your entry) by post if you'd rather do that.

There's a link to the biog form on your qualification email.

Don't panic! The AF isn't much different to a normal show. There will probably be more people in your class and more flowers around the arena. You will be tack checked before you go in and, depending on the venue, there may be a commentator who introduces you and reads out your biography...

My horse is stuffy when I first get on but then, once warmed up, is fine. Trot work is all fine (excellent in fact - collected, medium, extended, all lateral work), canter tends to be more difficult (due to the movement and how if affects the gut) and on the left rein is the worst!

If everything else is coming back clear, I would be thinking of either ulcers and/or hind gut acidosis. What is he fed, what is his routine (in/out), what is your grass like, etc, etc. I've really struggled with one of mine this year with rich grass/high sugars and have had to work really hard...

Not sure there is a list but if have a look at the relevant schedules on the BD website, they're all on there :)

Not sure there is a list but if have a look at the relevant schedules on the BD website, they're all on there :)

Do you mean for the AF's coming up this summer? If so, it's been changed to E53. Many of the tests for AF's and Regionals have been changed for this year.

Lol, I have a 2yo by De Niro who I'm hoping will be my next dressage super star!!

Remember that even at 4* the dressage test is only the equivalent of an Advanced Medium in pure dressage. Although a degree of collection is required, as Be Positive has said, it's nothing like that required for high level dressage. In an event horse I'd be much more interested in temperament...

No - proper points now I'm afraid!

Yes, 'proper' points are now awarded at all levels. It would be worth your while to have a read through the new rule book (on the BD website) to try to get an understanding of the new structure. 'Try' being the key word...... ;)